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<blockquote data-quote="Rick Dillard" data-source="post: 5356339" data-attributes="member: 2564"><p>I absolutely love hunting powerline right-of-ways during the rut with a rifle. The best ones are those that run through the middle of a thick 6-8 year old cutover. With these, you are much more likely to see daytime movement by mature bucks. Hunting from the ground sitting in a folding chair gives you a lot more flexibility on where to setup. Great setups are where you can sit and watch multiple crossings. The best setups are right-of-ways that are 15-20 yards wide where you can sit 200-300 yards away from a crossing. The advantage to sitting this far away is that you are less likely to get busted. The disadvantage is that you typically only have a 5-10 second window of time to identify the buck as a shooter and make the shot. Even walking at a normal pace, they can get across before you realize it, so you have got to stay ready. Go in prepared for an all-day sit. Avoid the temptation of trying to set up a ladder stand or tripod close to the crossing. Mature bucks will pick up on this in a hurry. Do not go to the crossing checking for rubs, scrapes, etc. Some of these crossings only get used during the rut, so it may take several years to figure out where they cross. But, once you find that one place that mature bucks like to cross, they will cross in that same spot every year unless there is a drastic change in the habitat. Don't expect to see a lot of deer, but when you do it will probably be a good buck. Sometimes I may go 3 or 4 days and not see a single deer, but when I do see one there is a much higher probability of it being a good buck. Boring hunting most of the time, but very effective for the patient hunter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rick Dillard, post: 5356339, member: 2564"] I absolutely love hunting powerline right-of-ways during the rut with a rifle. The best ones are those that run through the middle of a thick 6-8 year old cutover. With these, you are much more likely to see daytime movement by mature bucks. Hunting from the ground sitting in a folding chair gives you a lot more flexibility on where to setup. Great setups are where you can sit and watch multiple crossings. The best setups are right-of-ways that are 15-20 yards wide where you can sit 200-300 yards away from a crossing. The advantage to sitting this far away is that you are less likely to get busted. The disadvantage is that you typically only have a 5-10 second window of time to identify the buck as a shooter and make the shot. Even walking at a normal pace, they can get across before you realize it, so you have got to stay ready. Go in prepared for an all-day sit. Avoid the temptation of trying to set up a ladder stand or tripod close to the crossing. Mature bucks will pick up on this in a hurry. Do not go to the crossing checking for rubs, scrapes, etc. Some of these crossings only get used during the rut, so it may take several years to figure out where they cross. But, once you find that one place that mature bucks like to cross, they will cross in that same spot every year unless there is a drastic change in the habitat. Don't expect to see a lot of deer, but when you do it will probably be a good buck. Sometimes I may go 3 or 4 days and not see a single deer, but when I do see one there is a much higher probability of it being a good buck. Boring hunting most of the time, but very effective for the patient hunter. [/QUOTE]
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